Business / Qatar Business

Weekly Money Market Review with IBQ: Hawkish FOMC meeting minutes could be a game changer 06 Jan 2013 - 10:15 pm

The year 2013 started on a positive note with the US house approving a Senate budget bill, which permanently extends the “Bush” tax...

Turkey to hold talks with Qatar on LNG terminal as demand booms 06 Jan 2013 - 01:10 am

Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said it will also hold talks with Qatar about building a third liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal with...

Qatar sukuk market is set to expand 06 Jan 2013 - 01:10 am

DOHA: The sukuk issuances in Qatar will expand in the years ahead and there would be more demand from China and South-east Asian...

QNB Group revises up 2012 growth estimate 06 Jan 2013 - 01:01 am

DOHA: QNB Group has revised up its estimate for Qatar’s overall real GDP growth in 2012 to 6.1 percent, from 5.6 percent previously,...

QE market capitalisation rises to QR470.25bn 04 Jan 2013 - 05:32 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange’s main index gained 257.91 points (3.10 percent) in the first week of the New Year when trading closed at 8,569.13...

QE Al Rayan Islamic index debut on Jan 7 03 Jan 2013 - 01:31 am

Rashid Al Mansoori and Adel Mustafawi shaking hands after the signing ceremony. DOHA: Qatar Exchange (QE) and Al Rayan Investment yesterday announced the...

Al Meera gets nod for rights float to increase capital 03 Jan 2013 - 01:29 am

DOHA: Al Meera Consumer Goods Company has announced that the proposal to increase the capital through a rights issue of 100 percent of...

Qatarlyst eyeing partners 03 Jan 2013 - 01:28 am

DOHA: The Qatarlyst Group, comprising Qatar Insurance Services LLC, Qatarlyst SPC and Qatarlyst Limited, and collectively called “Qatarlyst” is on a partnership search. ...

Law to regulate public-private partnership soon 02 Jan 2013 - 01:04 am

DOHA: Qatar hopes to soon have a law in place to regulate public-private partnership (PPP) which would allow the private sector to participate...

Qtel to buy further 15pc stake in Tunisiana 02 Jan 2013 - 01:03 am

DOHA: Qatar Telecom (Qtel) has reached agreement with the Tunisian Government to acquire a further 15 percent stake in Tunisiana S A (Tunisiana)...

Qatar’s foreign investment hits QR163.8bn in 2012 01 Jan 2013 - 01:15 am

DOHA: Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund (SWF) investment in abroad has reached QR163.8bn in 2012. The country’s 2012 foreign investment is $32bn higher than...

Qatar Exchange disappoints investors in ’12 01 Jan 2013 - 01:14 am

DOHA: Qatari stocks didn’t fare well in 2012, leaving investors largely dejected as they could make only marginal gains of QR2.53bn, or $693m,...

Imports rise, balance of merchandise trade drops 01 Jan 2013 - 01:14 am

DOHA: Qatar’s total exports in Q3, 2012 have increased by 7.3 percent compared to a year ago. The country’s total export value reached...

Investors can expect eventful 2013 01 Jan 2013 - 01:13 am

DOHA: The year 2012 wasn’t quite good for the Qatari bourse, but investors can look forward to an eventful 2013 as a slew...

Qatar Exchange signs MoU with QFIS 30 Dec 2012 - 11:36 pm

Qatar Exchange CEO Rashid bin Ali Al Mansoori (left) exchanges documents with Dr Hatem Al Qaranshawi at Qatar Exchange yesterday. (Kammutty VP) DOHA:...

Qatar’s GDP grows by 3.9pc 30 Dec 2012 - 11:36 pm

DOHA: Qatar’s gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, rose 3.9 percent from a year earlier in third quarter (Q3) 2012. Compared to...

Lindner Depa Interiors rebuts Qatar Airways claim 30 Dec 2012 - 11:34 pm

DOHA: Lindner Depa Interiors (LDI) has rebutted Qatar Airways’ claim that it is responsible for major delays to the opening of the New...

QSA announces five-year strategy 28 Dec 2012 - 04:18 am

DOHA: Qatar Statistics Authority (QSA) has announced a five-year national strategy for the further enhance its capabilities in statistics development, covering a period...